When is a sausage casserole not a sausage casserole? When it is a sausage casserole pasta bake!

Sausages are a firm favourite here and with BBQ weather pretty much here no doubt they will feature in most family most weeks. I like them in salad too, I love this recipe for sizzling sausage salad which is popular here with all of us, even my not so keen on salad husband!

I was asked to do my take on the Schwartz sausage casserole recipe using Schwartz sausage casserole recipe mix. I scratched my head and had a think. Yes I could vary the vegetables, I could have added bacon and beans, I could have topped it with mashed root vegetables or sliced new potatoes and made a sausage casserole hot pot. But instead I thought lets transform a family favourite of sausage casserole into a pasta bake and it worked SO well!

Mmmm…..

So here is my recipe for:

Schwartz Sausage Casserole Pasta Bake

You will need to serve 4:

Ingredients for the Schwartz sausage casserole pasta bake

6-7 sausages or a regular pack around 450g

1 large onion chopped

1 leek washed and sliced

1 x 400g tin of chopped tomatoes

1 packet of Schwartz sausage casserole recipe mix

400g dry pasta

1 x 125g ball of mozzarella torn into small chunks

100ml water

a little oil if not using a non-stick pan

Black pepper to top

To make the Schwartz sausage casserole pasta bake you need to:

Schwartz sausage casserole recipe mix with tomatoes

Cut each of the sausages into 5 pieces.

Heat a non-stick pan or if not using non-stick heat a pan with a little bit of oil. Once hot cook the sausages for 5 minutes until they are browning nicely. Drain away the excess fat.

Add the chopped onions and sliced leeks and cook for a further 5 minutes or until the onions are softening. Stir occasionally.

Meanwhile add the tin of tomatoes, 100ml of water and the Schwartz sausage casserole mix to a jug and stir together well.

Add to the pan with the sausages, stir in well and then simmer gently for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally.

Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC.

Add the sausage casserole to a large oven proof dish and bake for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile cook the pasta as per instructions on the pack.

Add the cooked pasta to the sausage casserole and stir coating all of the pasta with the casserole sauce.

Top with the mozzarella and add a grind of black pepper to the top.

Bake for another 10 minutes until the cheese has melted.

Schwartz sausage casserole pasta bake

Serve with a green salad

This went down so well with my family. As it contains gluten I could not eat it, but the sauce using the Schwartz mix got the massive thumbs up here. I like the fact the mix contains no artificial flavours and concentrates on what Schwartz is famous for, good quality flavours that work well together.